Nanjing Municipal Song "Jasmine Flower"
Good Jasmine Flower
Good Jasmine Flower,
Full of flowers in the garden, the fragrance of the jasmine flower can not be better than it.
I would like to pick one to wear,
but I'm afraid of being scolded by the people who look at the flowers.
What a jasmine,
What a jasmine,
Jasmine blossom snow is not as white as it.
I would like to pick one to wear,
but I'm afraid of being laughed at.
What a jasmine flower,
What a jasmine flower
The garden is full of blossoms, but it can't be compared to it
I'd like to pick one to wear,
and I'm afraid that it won't germinate in the next year.
"Jasmine Flower" was adapted by He Imitation from the Chinese folk song "Flower Tune", and was first released as a single in 1957.
On March 21, 2003, at the first meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the song was designated as the municipal song of the city.
In 2009, the Yancheng College of Technology won the second prize of the general group of the Second China University Students' Art Exhibition for the song.
In the winter of 1942, the New Fourth Army's Huainan Popular Drama Troupe came to Nanjing to perform at the foot of Jinniu Mountain in Liuhe. At that time, He Feng, who came with the troupe, paid a visit to a local singing artist. Afterwards, the singer performed the folk song "Fresh Flower Tunes" for him. He was instantly mesmerized by the melody of the song, so he spent half a day memorizing the song from sheet music and sang it accurately according to the artist's method. Because "Tunes of Fresh Flowers" is a composition from Chinese folklore, it seems a bit rough in its entirety. In order to polish the song, He Faq gave it a lot of thought and adapted it by rewriting the three types of flowers described in the lyrics as jasmine, and in 1957, He Faq planned the first public performance of the song by the Front Line Song and Dance Troupe at the All-Army Literary and Artistic Concert in Beijing. As the song was well received at this performance, a recorded version was released. In the following two years, He Faux revised the lyrics of the song, changing the phrase "full of flowers and plants" to "full of blossoming flowers", and changing the phrase "those who are looking at the flowers are going to scold me" to "I'm afraid of being scolded by those who look at the flowers", and the melody was further enriched.
The pentatonic scale tune of "Jasmine Flower" has distinctive national characteristics, and its smooth melody and well-proportioned structure containing periodic repetitions are compatible with the aesthetic habits of the West, so it can spread in the Western world? The song belongs to the category of folk songs in minor key. The song belongs to the minor-key category of folk songs and is a single-part song. It is a single-part song. With five-tone modulation and progressive melody, it expresses the euphemistic and smooth, soft and graceful style of Jiangnan, vividly portraying the love and affection of a refined and virtuous girl who is attracted by the fragrant and beautiful jasmine flowers, and wants to pick them but can't bear to, and wants to give them up but can't give them up. The whole piece is graceful and exquisite, with deep and subtle feelings.
In August 2008, in order to welcome the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the song was filmed for a music video. Lei Jia was dressed in a golden cheongsam and participated in the shooting of the MV. In order to give the audience a different visual enjoyment, MV director Kong Jiahuan used alternative expression methods for the first time, combining Chinese religious culture with the song. As an important part of the MV footage, the director planned for Lei Jia to sing the song while standing in the heart of a several feet high Buddha, on which Lei Jia calmly shot the MV footage. In addition, the song MV as a tribute to the Beijing Olympic Games, special editing of the Bird's Nest camera images, so that the entire MV full of Olympic atmosphere.